Missouri State University is collaborating with Springfield-Greene County Library, University Heights Baptist Church, and the Springfield Art Museum to present "500 Years of Reformations." The Reformations of the sixteenth century radically changed the churches of Western Europe, and later shaped the religious landscape of the Ozarks as well. This series of local events marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses through an exploration of the history, books, visual arts, and music of the various movements — Protestant and Catholic — that emerged. Dr. Austra Reinis, the Reformation/History of Christianity specialist on the MSU Religious Studies faculty, decided, with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approaching in 2017, to start searching for "people who might be interested in doing some educational events. And I found a wonderful team." When people ask her "why commemorate the Reformation?" she counters by saying, "Well, what were the religious beliefs of the first
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